Título: On Dirichlet eigenvectors for neutral two-dimensional Markov chains
Autores: Champagnat, Nicolas; Nancy Université and INRIA Nancy - Grand Est
Diaconis, Persi; Stanford University
Miclo, Laurent; Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse
Fecha: 2012-01-01
Publicador: Electronic journal of probability
Fuente:
Tipo: Peer-reviewed Article
Tema: Hahn polynomials; two-dimensional difference equation; neutral Markov chain; multitype population dynamics; Dirichlet eigenvector; Dirichlet eigenvalue; quasi-stationary distribution; Yaglom limit; coexistence
Primary: 60J10, 60J27; secondary: 15A18, 39A14, 47N30, 92D25.
Descripción: We consider a general class of discrete, two-dimensional Markov chains modeling the dynamics of a population with two types, without mutation or immigration, and neutral in the sense that type has no influence on each individual's birth or death parameters. We prove that all the eigenvectors of the corresponding transition matrix or infinitesimal generator $\Pi$ can be expressed as the product of ``universal'' polynomials of two variables, depending on each type's size but not on the specific transitions of the dynamics, and functions depending only on the total population size. These eigenvectors appear to be Dirichlet eigenvectors for $\Pi$ on the complement of triangular subdomains, and as a consequence the corresponding eigenvalues are ordered in a specific way. As an application, we study the quasistationary behavior of finite, nearly neutral, two-dimensional Markov chains, absorbed in the sense that $0$ is an absorbing state for each component of the process.
Idioma: Inglés

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